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Slow Magnetic Relaxation, Antiferromagnetic Ordering, and Metamagnetism in MnII (H2 dapsc)-FeIII (CN)6 Chain Complex
Leokadiya V Zorina1, Sergey V Simonov1, Valentina D Sasnovskaya2
1Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Ossipyan Str. 2, Chernogolovka MD, Russia.
Abstract:
Reactions of [Mn(H2 dapsc)Cl2 ]⋅H2 O (dapsc=2,6- diacetylpyridine bis(semicarbazone)) with K3 [Fe(CN)6 ] and (PPh4 )3 [Fe(CN)6 ] lead to the formation of the chain polymeric complex {[Mn(H2 dapsc)][Fe(CN)6 ][K(H2 O)3.5 ]}n ⋅1.5n H2 O (1) and the discrete pentanuclear complex {[Mn(H2 dapsc)]3 [Fe(CN)6 ]2 (H2 O)2 }⋅4 CH3 OH⋅3.4 H2 O (2), respectively. In the crystal structure of 1 the high-spin [MnII (H2 dapsc)]2+ cations and low-spin hexacyanoferrate(III) anions are assembled into alternating heterometallic cyano-bridged chains. The K+ ions are located between the chains and are coordinated by oxygen atoms of the H2 dapsc ligand and water molecules. The magnetic structure of 1 is built from ferrimagnetic chains, which are antiferromagnetically coupled. The complex exhibits metamagnetism and frequency-dependent ac magnetic susceptibility, indicating single-chain magnetic behavior with a Mydosh-parameter φ=0.12 and an effective energy barrier (Ueff /kB ) of 36.0 K with τ0 =2.34×10-11 s for the spin relaxation. Detailed theoretical analysis showed highly anisotropic intra-chain spin coupling between [FeIII (CN)6 ]3- and [MnII (H2 dapsc)]2+ units resulting from orbital degeneracy and unquenched orbital momentum of [FeIII (CN)6 ]3- complexes. The origin of the metamagnetic transition is discussed in terms of strong magnetic anisotropy and weak AF interchain spin coupling.
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